THE LANGUAGE OF GOWEIl's COXFESSIO AM ANT* 



277 



wepinge, ii. 122. 

 writinge, i. 4 : iii. 110. 



beginning (rh. spring), iii. 104 



* 



knoulechmg, i. 32 f. 

 techmg, i. 95 f. 



h tinting, i. 53. 

 liking, iii. 319. 

 wening, i. 107, 

 writing(e), i. 5. 



excusing (of), i. 107, 

 hunting (as), i. 53, 

 slieding (of), i. 316, 364, 

 are apparently cases of elision 



108 





18. The following nouns, of etymons more or 

 less uncertain, but mostly of undoubted Gothic ori- 

 gin, are found in Gower terminating in e. 



babe (O. Swed. ftabe, Ger. bube?), i. 344. 



bothe (Ger. bude, Dut. boede), iii. 281 f. 



brinke (Icel. bringr, colliculus), i. 119 f, 142 f, 326 f : 

 ii. 309 f. 



bulle, bolle (Icel. boli, bauli, Ger. bulle. 



uca), iii. 118 : ii. 72 f. (?) 

 cake (Swed. kaka, Dan. kage), iii. 216 f. 

 chaffare (S. ceap-fer, -faru ?), ii. 278 f, 332 f. 

 clowde, iii. 310 f. 



Sax. 



creple (Icel. kryppill, Dutch krepel, Ger. kriippel), 



iii. 147. 

 deinte, ii. 255 : iii. 27. 

 felkwe (Icel. felagi), 30 f, 84 f, 144 f, 239 f, 279 f : ii. 



175 f, 393 f. 



felaw, L 170, 171 : felew, i. 225. 



felaw, i. 171 (3 cases 

 felowe, i. 227. 

 funke (Ger. funke), iii. 18 f. 



;) : ii. 208 (2 cases) 



guess 



iii. 211 f: i. 105 f. 

 mone (O. Fris. mene, O. II. Ger. meina), i. 97 f: iii. 



I 285 f, 333 f. 



packe (Dan. pakke, Swed. packa, Ger. pack), ii. 



312 f, 393 f. 

 rote (Icel. rot, Goth, vaurts, Sax. wrot, inc. gen.), 



i. 7 f, 46 f, 138, 140 : ii. 261 f. 

 senile (O. JI. Ger. sciulla, Sax. scell?), i. 128 f : 



but scull i. 127. 

 snowte (Dan. snude, Swed. snyte, L. Ger. snute), 



i. 283 f. 

 &cle (Ger. takel,D<ra. takkel, Swed. tackel), i.312. 

 were (S. worry), i. 107 f, 318 f. 



wick* 



"pride is the worste of all[e] wieko," l 



154, 1 76. 



window occurs, ii. ."17. 



§ 19. The final v f nouns (and other words) of 

 French origin forms a syllable in Gower, as in 

 French verse. Except ions are by no means so com- 



mon as in (Wright's text of) the Canterbury Tales. 



abbesse, iii. 337. 



adventure, ii. 236. 



avarice, ii. 127, 131, 284, 289. 



baptisme, i. 27(5. 



beste, i. 280, 316, 326 : iii. 93, 206. 



borde (O. Fr. bourde), i. 304 f. 



bounde, bonde (M. Lat. bunda, O. Fr. bonde), iii. 



102 f, 104 f, 110 f. 

 bowele (O.-Fr. boele), ii. 265 f. 

 chere, i. 55, 66. 



Constance, i. 185, 186, 187, 188, 200. 

 defaulte, ii. 206. 

 deserte, ii. 391. 

 egle, iii. 105. 

 entente, i. 101. 

 envie, i. 223, 224. 

 feste, i. 182 : ill 30, 327. 

 fortune, i. 22 (4 cases), 87, 88, 90, 247 : ii. 187, 234 



iii. 55, 201. 

 gra^e, i. 9, 208 : ii. 25, 302, 303. 

 haste, i. 252, 273, 335, 337. 



homicide, i. 316 (2 cases), 

 houre, ii. 9 f, 10, 23 f, 34 t 

 joie, i. 208. 

 justice, iii. 201. 

 madame, iii. 300, 301, 315. 



magique, iii. 128. 

 manere, iii. 5, 141. 

 mappemounde, iii. 102 f. 



marriage, i. 101 f: ii. 222: iii. 265. 

 matere, i. 43 f, 146 f, 343, 365: ii 207, 383: iii 

 157. 



medicine, ii. 265. 

 merveille, i. 327 : ii. 236. 



mo.- sage, i. 288. 



mewe (Fr. mue), i. 326 £ 



mule, i. 210. 

 multitude, ii. 201. 

 nature, ii. 17. 

 navie, i. 197. 

 offrende, i. 73 f. 



oile, iii. 168. 



